When wind attacks!
Extreme wind chill shuts down Manitoba schools
- CBC News
Without sounding too much like a doddering old fart, I feel compelled to point out that in MY day, school was never closed due to wind, no matter how cold it was. I'm adding this new trend
to my long list of things modern kids enjoy that I never had. I'll put it right between Jeep Hurricane Power Wheels and remote control helicopters.
The last time I checked, and I could very well be wrong on this, Canadian schools (even in backwards Manitoba) had windows and walls to keep wind out. Hell, they may even have some form of fire-based heat generation that kids can huddle around while they learn to sew mukluks and take down a polar bear with protractor and an elastic band.
And what is news like this doing to Manitoba's already-floundering tourism industry? Their slogan may be "Unforgettable Manitoba," but you don't want the unforgettable part to be that time when Uncle Bill's big toe froze off and the family had to eat it for sustenance. What's worse is that you can't find one page on Manitoba's tourism website that doesn't feature a picture of a fully grown polar bear. They even look hungry.
I also love how they quote a local meteorologist and then make him sound like rain man. I mean who quotes a guy twice in two sequential paragraphs saying the exact same thing? Was there a minimum word count or something? Check it:
- CBC News
Without sounding too much like a doddering old fart, I feel compelled to point out that in MY day, school was never closed due to wind, no matter how cold it was. I'm adding this new trend
to my long list of things modern kids enjoy that I never had. I'll put it right between Jeep Hurricane Power Wheels and remote control helicopters.The last time I checked, and I could very well be wrong on this, Canadian schools (even in backwards Manitoba) had windows and walls to keep wind out. Hell, they may even have some form of fire-based heat generation that kids can huddle around while they learn to sew mukluks and take down a polar bear with protractor and an elastic band.
And what is news like this doing to Manitoba's already-floundering tourism industry? Their slogan may be "Unforgettable Manitoba," but you don't want the unforgettable part to be that time when Uncle Bill's big toe froze off and the family had to eat it for sustenance. What's worse is that you can't find one page on Manitoba's tourism website that doesn't feature a picture of a fully grown polar bear. They even look hungry.
I also love how they quote a local meteorologist and then make him sound like rain man. I mean who quotes a guy twice in two sequential paragraphs saying the exact same thing? Was there a minimum word count or something? Check it:
"[It's] the coldest we've had all winter, and in fact, today is colder than any temperature we recorded all of last winter," Paula said.So next time you feel a slight draft on your walk to the subway this winter, consider this: Somewhere in Manitoba a kid is sitting at home with his pet husky enjoying a day off. Unfortunately, he lacks the vocabulary to express his joy and a sufficient grasp of simple arithmetic to realize minimum wage at the fur trading post ain't gonna buy enough furs and coonskin hats to keep him from freezing to death 5 years down the road.
"This is the coldest temperature at the [Winnipeg] airport since January 2005. So, it's been a couple of years since we've seen temperatures this cold."
Labels: Manitoba, Power Wheels, rain man, wind chill
posted by brn at 13:56
3 Comments:
maybe they should feed the meteorologist to the famished polar bears. i saw the 'ice worlds' planet eart episode last night on cbc, and the hungry polar bear couldnt break the blubber of the walrus. then it died.
heres a friendly unforgettable FUCK you from Manitoba.. altho you might not be able to see it cause of my mitten. fuckin Toronto needs another SARS breakout to clear out some of the asswipes.
meh, that fuck you was a little forgettable. but wow so you're controversial, eh?
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